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Emmet Granger, Voiced by Matte Osian
Character

Emmet Granger

Voiced by Matte Osian

Emmet Granger is one of the named cast of Red Dead Redemption 2, working as character. The facts below are the ones the wiki records.

Turns up in the story without fitting any of the other labels.

Role
Other characters
Voice actor
Matte Osian
Status
Not stated
Occupation
Outlaw (retired) Hog farmer
Affiliations
Jim "Boy" Calloway (formerly)

Player notes

Emmet Granger is a retired outlaw and former associate of Jim "Boy" Calloway who turns to hog farming after receiving a federal pardon in 1895. Reports have linked him to the Beaver Brook massacre and the Chaparral killings, while he is also said to have helped bring about the Fosse gang's arrest. By 1899, he lives alone at Granger's Hoggery, near Flatneck Station.

Arthur Morgan seeks Granger while gathering material for Theodore Levin's book on Calloway. Granger resents being treated as a source on another gunslinger and says the book should be about him. He agrees to talk only after Arthur clears the manure from his pigsty. As Arthur works, Granger dwells on his own violent past but gives no useful account of Calloway.

When Arthur again demands information, Granger refuses. Arthur puts a stick of dynamite into the manure pile and lights it, covering Granger in filth when it explodes. Humiliated and furious, Granger calls Arthur out. He faces Arthur with a throwing knife, but Arthur kills him in the duel and photographs his body. Levin later uses the photograph in his book and claims that he killed Granger himself.

Trivia

  • โ—†Granger has a unique revolver that can be looted from him after he is killed, even though he uses a throwing knife during the duel instead. Said knife greatly resembles the player's Hunting Knife.
  • โ—†Also, he is the only known character in the Red Dead franchise to duel with a throwing knife instead of a gun.
  • โ—†Unlike the knives of other characters like the Vampire, Granger's knives have nothing special and, therefore, cannot be looted.
  • โ—†After Emmet is dealt with, the pigs can be skinned for the two hides the trapper needs. The same can be done to get feathers; four chicken feathers are needed for the trapper as well as three of the four rooster feathers needed.
  • โ—†If the player attempts to hogtie Granger after disarming him, Granger will brag about his skill with a knife and cut himself loose after only a few seconds. Likewise, attempting to pick him up while he is hogtied will result in him breaking free and headbutting Arthur/John.
  • โ—†If the player does nothing or shoots near him instead of using the dynamite stick, the duel will start anyway, with the only noticeable difference being that Granger is now clean and not dirty.
  • โ—†The player can also kill all of Granger's animals to start the duel as well. Granger will get angry and Arthur/John will mock him about it.
  • โ—†Despite saying he doesn't have any ranch hands, there will still be ranchers on his farm, both before and after his death. They'll make no mention of Granger, however, and will act and talk like any other ranchers in the game.
  • โ—†Before the epilogue, his ranch will be marked on the map in stylised handwriting as "Granger's Hoggery". After it, the name will disappear for unknown reasons, even if the player decides to kill him as John Marston.
  • โ—†Arthur's journal entry regarding this encounter seems to suggest he took pleasure in killing someone as vile as Granger.
  • โ—†With his ragged appearance, his difficulty with hog farming, and especially his dialogue about his wicked deeds of the past, Granger is a parody of William Munny, the protagonist of the Western film Unforgiven (1992). Whereas Munny transforms on-screen from a seemingly incompetent farmer to a cold killer who reverts to his old formidable skill, Granger does the opposite: he initially talks tough but reveals himself to be a paper tiger.
  • โ—†Granger's unique use of a throwing knife in a duel suggests he may also be based on Cuchillo from the Western film The Big Gundown.
  • โ—†Granger can be knocked unconscious after being disarmed in his duel. If so, like Flaco Hernรกndez, the description of his revolver will, however, remain unchanged with the description of him as "the late gunslinger" and the journal will still report that he was killed.
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Last verified September 14, 2026